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Practice report: Freshmen look strong in preseason practice - CoachCal.com
UK is allowed two hours of team skill instruction per week and an additional six hours of conditioning and weight training at this time of year. That's why practice reports are few and far between, but when they do come out, they're typically full of great news about the progress of this special group of Wildcats.

Mikel Horton leaving UK Football | kykernel.com
Junior running back Mikel Horton is leaving the UK Football program. Multiple reports surfaced Tuesday night and were later confirmed by a UK Athletics spokesperson.

Florida names Mississippi State's Scott Stricklin as new athletic director - CBSSports.com
Stricklin will take over as the Gators' athletic director on Nov. 1. Prior to his time at Mississippi State, Stricklin was the associate AD for media relations at Kentucky from 2003 to 2008 after time as an assistant AD at Tulane (1998) and Baylor (1999-2003).

Kentucky basketball could get 2 PG recruits in 2017 | Lexington Herald-Leader
Kentucky wants to add five-star point guard Trae Young and four-star point guard Tremont Waters to its recruiting class of 2017. Waters visited UK earlier this month and also has visit plans for Georgetown, Indiana and Kansas. Young -- the Wildcats’ top point guard target -- will be at Big Blue Madness and has already visited Oklahoma. Includes notes on Mohamed Bamba, Nick Richards and PJ Washington.

Patient receives 'big blue' dose of encouragement | WHAS11.com
It was the lift Chris Hendrick needed on the day he starts chemotherapy, as former UK and NBA star Derek Anderson showed up to make this a special day for someone going through a very challenging ordeal.

Booker comfortable, confident in role as future All-Star - Yahoo
''It just means I'm on the right path,'' Booker said Monday at the Suns' media day. The Suns, who have missed the playoffs in six straight seasons, have been looking for a superstar since Steve Nash left, and they just might have one in the making.

Kentucky picked to win SEC by College Basketball Talk - CoachCal.com
CBT’s four writers, Rob Dauster, Scott Phillips, Terrence Payne and Travis Hines, got together to compile who they each thought would win the major awards, compete in the Final Four and come out on top in each of the conference races.

After Action Review: South Carolina | Kentucky Sports Radio
An After Action Review, or AAR, is a US Army tool used to analyze the success or failure of an intended mission/action. Freddie Maggard applies this to what UK succeeded and failed at vs South Carolina.

Calipari checks in on Romeo Langford - 247
John Calipari checked in on local 5-star shooting guard Romeo Langford Monday. Langford marks the 18th visit Calipari has made to 14 different prospects since the fall recruiting period began Sept. 9.

Alabama's Damien Harris to face his jilted homestate school, Kentucky | Lexington Herald-Leader
The star running back from Madison Southern broke many hearts in the commonwealth when he picked traditional football titan Alabama over Kentucky. However, a UK fan base that has relished a small army of out-of-state basketball stars matriculating at UK should be understanding of Harris making essentially the same decision for the same reasons.

Quickley to visit Kentucky for Big Blue Madness - 247
Five-star junior point guard Immanuel Quickley will visit Kentucky for Big Blue Madness.

NBCSports.com 2016-17 Preseason All-American Team – CollegeBasketballTalk
Bam Adebayo is among NBC Sports' three All-American teams.

Blue-White Game tickets go on sale - CoachCal.com
The annual Blue-White scrimmage is scheduled for Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in Rupp Arena. The game will be televised by the SEC Network.

UK prepares for visit to Alabama on Oct. 1, 2016 | Lexington Herald-Leader
Storylines — both the funny and serious kind — abound as Kentucky travels to Alabama on Saturday.

NFL 2016 Week 4 Power Rankings - Broncos, Patriots, Seahawks at the top- ESPN
The Broncos, one of five unbeaten teams, regain league-wide bragging rights by taking over as the No. 1 team in this week's NFL Power Rankings.

2017 NFL Mock Draft: The Bears and the Cardinals find their future QBs - CBSSports.com
The Browns also can't wait on DeShone Kizer, taking the Notre Dame QB at No. 1

2016 NFL power rankings, Week 4: Broncos and Patriots prove they’re the NFL’s elite - SBNation.com
It’s hard to argue the Broncos and Patriots aren’t the NFL’s elite after they dominated September.

J.J. Watt headed to IR after reinjuring back - ESPN
Texans defensive end J.J. Watt reinjured his back and is expected to be placed on injured reserve Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN. The best defensive player in football is now lost, possibly for the rest of 2016.